{"id":37652,"date":"2019-02-06T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T05:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=37652"},"modified":"2019-02-06T00:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T05:19:27","slug":"batista-out-of-wrestlemania-35-plans-due-to-dune-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/06\/batista-out-of-wrestlemania-35-plans-due-to-dune-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Batista Out of WrestleMania 35 Plans Due To &#8220;Dune&#8221; Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year for <em><strong>SmackDown 1000<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>Evolution<\/strong> reunited and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/17\/the-return-of-the-animal-batista-returns-to-the-wwe-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Batista<\/strong> returned<\/a> to the company and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/16\/a-dream-realized-wwe-seemingly-plants-seed-for-batista-triple-h-wrestlemania-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teased a <strong>WrestleMania 35<\/strong> showdown with <strong>Triple H<\/strong><\/a>. Now reports are popping up that Batista is no longer in the plans and he&#8217;s completely off the card, as well as any chance of the rumored 2019 Hall of Fame induction. On <strong>PWInsider Radio<\/strong>, <strong>Mike Johnson<\/strong> stated that &#8220;to the best of my knowledge I\u2019ve heard nothing about Batista. I know there was a lot of expectation about him against Triple H at WrestleMania, but he\u2019s gonna be making Dune \u2014 the remake in the next couple of months. Whether that leaves him the ability to train, prepare, and even come back to wrestle we will see. I haven\u2019t heard anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37653\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/dave_bautista_in_blade_runner-h_2018-e1549429829295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Sapper Morton in Blade Runner 2049 (Photo: Columbia Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many sites have reported that maybe Batista has fallen in disfavor of the WWE, while others have blamed Triple H&#8217;s torn pec as another reason. Although as Mike Johnson stated, it&#8217;s much more simple. He&#8217;s no longer available. In January, it was announced that he would be reuniting with <em><strong>Blade Runner 2049<\/strong><\/em> director <strong>Denis Villeneuve<\/strong> in the new film adaption of <strong>Frank Hebert<\/strong>&#8216;s sci-fi classic <em><strong>Dune<\/strong><\/em>, infamously adapted in 1984 by <strong>Twin Peaks<\/strong>&#8216; co-creator <strong>David Lynch<\/strong> and again in 2000 as a TV mini-series on the SyFy Channel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37657\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37657\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/Rabban-e1549430362273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Smith as Glossu &#8216;Beast&#8217; Rabban in Dune (1984) (Photo: Universal Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the new remake, Batista is slated to portray\u00a0<strong>Glossu &#8216;Beast&#8217; Rabban<\/strong>, previously played by\u00a0<strong>Paul Smith<\/strong> in 1984 and\u00a0<strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kish<\/strong> in 2000. Filming is slated to begin this month, so the ability to train and perform at this point is\u00a0unlikely. In all likelihood, Batista will probably return for his WrestleMania send off\u00a0against former mentor Triple H at <em><strong>WrestleMania 36<\/strong><\/em> next year and maybe then enter the WWE Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37654\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37654\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/ce8f7-1536112589-800-e1549429916360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Bautista has portrayed Drax The Destroyer in both volumes of Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War and upcoming Avengers: EndGame (Photo: Marvel\/Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year for SmackDown 1000, Evolution reunited and Batista returned to the company and teased a WrestleMania 35 showdown with Triple H. Now reports are popping up that Batista is no longer in the plans and he&#8217;s completely off the card, as well as any chance of the rumored 2019 Hall of Fame induction. 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